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Make sure you know what you are doing when you marry someone from the region. Check with your embassy.

British mother files new appeal in custody case


Messages of support from Adam�s school friends in Bahrain � he has been sent over 150 cards expressing their wishes for him to return
The British mother at the centre of an alleged �kidnap plot and custody battle� has filed her latest appeal against the decision that granted custody of her son to his Qatari grandmother. She submitted her appeal to the Appeals Court of the Second Instance last week.
Rebecca Jones, who brought her son Adam to Qatar to visit his elderly grandmother, 77 year-old Miriam al-Juma, claims she was duped into signing Arabic documents which she was told were related to Adam�s inheritance but were actually pertaining to a custody case.
Then Adam was taken from her and she was prevented from seeing him before a Qatar Cassation court ordered that custody be granted to Adam�s grandmother.
Adam�s late father, Jamal al-Mudhaiki died two years ago in a motorbike accident in Qatar, but according to Rebecca, whilst he was alive he was more than happy with the living situation and arrangement between him and his son, and even visited the family in Bahrain on a number of occasions.
After Adam was taken from her, Rebecca fought for nearly two months before receiving a court order demanding she be given visitation rights.
She described the visits so far as �very uncomfortable� . She said that the �heartbreaking visits� had been very hard, as Adam continuously asks his mother when they can go home
She said she feels scared after reading a number of abusive messages which have been posted on the internet.
�This is just adding a lot of stress to an already very depressing situation,� said Rebecca. Claiming that his health is suffering because of inadequate nutrition, Rebecca also pointed out that Adam has now missed two months of school and has been told by his school in Bahrain that he will have to resit an entire school year.
The situation is also taking its toll on the rest of Rebecca�s family, and her five year-old daughter Alex is said to be very upset about her brother�s and mother�s absence.

Rebecca says she is determined to continue to fight for her son, and claims she will not leave Qatar until she is reunited with him. Despite spending around QR100,000 on legal fees and other costs, the family have reiterated their intent to remain here until they can take Adam home.

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=331648&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

[scot47]

Why is the warning only for ladies ? Are they always the victims ?

[veiledsentiments]

Pretty much always in these cases I'd say. The local women almost never marry out of the culture, so they never get themselves in this predicament.

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[currawonger]

http://gulfweeklyworldwide.com/bringadam.asp

[usa_in_gulf]

Custody rules in Islam-- and therefore, in the Gulf countries-- are clear, straightforward and certainly not a secret.

The mother remarried... custody goes to the paternal grandmother.

[scot47]

I find it difficult to understand why people expect me to get riled about this.

[currawonger]

The grandmother hasn't put Adam in school, in defiance of Qatari law. Nobody is dealing with this. He's lonely, desperate and uhappy. A ten year old who can't communicate with his elderly guardian because he doesn't speak Arabic. She spends most of her time with her housemaid nurse or sleeps. How can this be tolerated? or justified by the Qatar government?

Failure to educate wards could result in hefty fines
Law amended to make education compulsory


Qatari parents who refuse or neglect to send their children to school will be fined 10,000 Qatari riyals (Dh10,086) following the amending of the education law in Qatar."The Crown Prince has amended Law 25/2001 on compulsory education in Qatar, stipulating a fine for the father or custodian of the child who refuses without a valid reason to send him to school. "The fine will be between 5,000 riyals and 10,000 riyals," Al Raya newspaper reported.

CompulsoryEducation is compulsory and free in Qatar for boys and girls until the end of elementary school.

However, and despite tremendous efforts by the authorities, Qatar suffers a compulsory education gender gap in student enrollment in basic education.A research released this month by the Qatar Permanent Population Committee said that Qatar spent 19.7 billion riyals on education in 2008, an all-time high.

[currawonger]

A BAHRAIN mother at the centre of a custody battle over her 10-year-old son should file a fraud case against his alleged abductors, says a top lawyer.

Mohammed Al Tajer, who read about the plight of Briton Rebecca Jones in the GDN, says if she can prove she was made to sign a document in Arabic effectively handing over the boy to relatives, it could help her win the case."Since she signed the document without knowing its actual content, she can file a fraud case, arguing she can't understand Arabic and that she was tricked," he said."If she objects to the legality of the document, then it won't be admissible in court if they (relatives) attempt to submit it as evidence."Mr Al Tajer, who has dealt with similar cases in Bahrain, also encouraged Mrs Jones not to give up the fight to get her son back.

"She has to follow up the kidnap case and provide evidence of her son's life in Bahrain to win this battle," he said, adding she had a strong case.
The Family Law in Qatar and Bahrain are similar and, according to Mr Al Tajer, a child should remain in the custody of his or her mother until the age of 15.

"After a boy turns 15, he will be given the opportunity to choose where he wants to live - but until then, by law, he should be with his mother," he said. Mr Al Tajer said Adam's grandmother had the right to file for custody because after a father dies, the rights of a child are transferred to the grandmother. "